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Glenn Close Gets a Shot at Best Actress with The Wife
Glenn Close will pay the titular character in the adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's brilliant book, The Wife, which imagines the...
Black Panther Is Too Big to Ignore
In 1974, the top of the box office was: Highest-grossing films of 1974 1. Blazing Saddles, Warner Bros., $119,500,000 2....
Spielberg, Once a Disrupter of the Future, Now Can’t Abide How It’s All Changing Fast
I was surprised to hear Steven Spielberg take a dump on films that get distribution deals with streaming services, slapping...
Why You Should Go See A Wrinkle in Time
Ava DuVernay is one of the most inventive, talented directors around who just. As the first woman of color given...
Preferential Ballot Explained
Our friend Ryan Casselman lays it out simply. What I figure from watching these polls play out is that it...
The Messy Divorce of the Oscars and Harvey Weinstein
As long as I have been writing about the Oscars, going on 20 years now, they have been influenced by...
All This and the Oscars Too Final Predictions Podcast
To all of our Podcast listening friends, thank you. And to our readers, thank you. The season is almost over....
Predictions Friday – Final Predictions for Oscars 2018
This Oscar season will put the stats to the test. Many of us are, in fact, predicting wins that take...
Big Bad Predictions Chart Up and Running
Our Big Bad Prediction Chart is up and running. We're going to keep adding to it - and it's far...
Can the DGA and PGA Overcome the SAG Ensemble Stat and Give Shape the Win for the First Time in History?
It's an odd sort of situation we find ourselves in right now. Did you know that in all of SAG/DGA/Oscar...
What the Spirits Might Tell Us About the Oscars
The Spirit Awards are really what the film critics praised, or overpraised, depending on your point of view, this year....
Honest Trailers – A Muggle’s Eye View
It's okay, laughed a few times. Wondering if the peeps who made it actually watched all the movies. But some...
Roger Deakins: 10 of the Best Shots of His Career
Does it even matter if Roger Deakins wins that Oscar? Here are the 10 best shots of his career. Roger...
All This and the Oscars Too! Diving Into Perplexing Best Picture
Jazz was still out of the country so Ryan, Marshall and I spent an hour or so going over the...
Why Can’t Films With Best Actress Contenders Win Best Picture?
The last time a film starring a woman who was also a Best Actress contender won Best Picture was in...
For Your Consideration: Blazingly Brilliant I, Tonya
No one knew quite what to make of I, Tonya when it first screened in Toronto. It was brilliant, they...
Three Best Picture Contenders Outside Hollywood, California
I finished the big charts for this year and thought you might want to take a look. I hope there...
Pundits, Advocates, Voters Are Split on These Three Movies
Was it ever Three Billboards vs. Get Out vs. Shape of Water in the early days of the Oscar race?...
Predictions Friday: The Last Gasp Before Voting Ends — Are Some Categories Locked?
There is a method to the madness in predicting the Oscars. We tend to live or die by intuition. Some...
Three Billboards Will Put the Stats to the Test
Three Billboards has been our stats champ since the season began. No film had all of the markers we usually...
Patrick J. Don Vito On Editing The Music Sequences In Green Book
When we talk about Green Book we talk about the "chicken scene", the music playing scenes or even the interaction...
Marc Platt On The Intensely Creative Experience Of Mary Poppins Returns
Ardent admirers of film musicals know that putting together a great musical is no easy accomplishment, and they will soon...
Rob Marshall Talks Mary Poppins Return and Why The Time Is Right To Revisit Our Favorite British Nanny
Rob Marshall met with us in a Beverly Hills Hotel early in the day to discuss his new film Mary...
Alexandra Byrne On How She Used Denim and How She Made Elizabethan Men Sexy For Mary Queen Of Scots
Costume designer Alexandra Byrne is no stranger to designing period costumes, and no stranger to recreating the world and royal...
Debra Granik Talks About Life in the Wilderness in Leave No Trace
Debra Granik is one of the few female directors getting consistent recognition this season. Leave No Trace won the LA...
The Actors — What the SAG Nominations Tell Us and What They Don’t Tell Us
The critics spent months pleading and begging and whining about the Oscar category for popular films. Right? The Academy then...
Patricia Clarkson on Loving Adora for HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’
Patricia Clarkson speaks to Clarence, Joey, and Megan about her incredible performance on HBO's Sharp Objects. In Gillian Flynn's twisted...
Screen Actors Guild Award TV Nominations
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Americans Better Call Saul The Handmaid's Tale Ozark This Is...
A Star is Born Leads SAG Nominations
The Theatrical Motion Picture Nominees are: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role CHRISTIAN BALE /...
Review: Mary Poppins Returns and There’s Nowhere To Go But Up
Rob Marshall discovered Mary Poppins as a child. He was 5 years old the year it premiered. It was the...